Alaska

REST IN PEACE – Just a few miles outside of downtown Skagway, the Gold Rush Cemetery is a peaceful spot surrounded by a white picket fence and tall evergreens. Its most famous residents are Jefferson “Soapy” Smith and Frank Reid, who killed each other in a gunfi ght in 1898 when Reid and other citizens confronted Smith, who had made himself town boss.

ABANDONED BUS – Visit the place where Chris McCandless spent 112 days foraging for food in the Alaskan wilderness. His life (and tragic death in the bus) were chronicled in the 1996 book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, and a 2007 movie of the same name by Sean Penn. Location off the Stampede Trail is 63°51_36.13_N, 149°24_50.62_W.

IN THE CAN – Tour the Alaska Seafood Company to learn how salmon is smoked and packaged. Located at 5731 Concrete Way, Juneau, AK 99801 (800-451-1400).

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